America Ferrera, other Blake Lively co-stars defend her against Justin Baldoni's ‘vindictive’ smear campaign

Blake Lively's co-stars from her 2005 coming-of-age film The Sisterhood of Travelling Pants still have her back. Blake Lively's Sisterhood of Travelling Pants co-stars Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, and Alexis Bledel lend support to her amid feud with Justin Baldoni. What Blake's co-stars said The joint statement shared on their Instagram handles stated, "As Blake's friends and sisters for over twenty years, we stand with her in solidarity as she fights back against the reported campaign waged to destroy her reputation.” “Throughout the filming of It Ends with Us, we saw her summon the courage to ask for a safe workplace for herself and colleagues on set and we are appalled to read the evidence of a premeditated and vindictive effort that ensued to discredit her voice,” it added. “They engaged in the same techniques to bolster Mr. Baldoni’s credibility and suppress any negative content about him.” The complaint also says Baldoni “abruptly pivoted away from” the movie's marketing plan and “used domestic violence ‘survivor content’ to protect his public image.” An attorney representing Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives, called the claims “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious.” He pushed back against Blake's allegations of a coordinated campaign, saying the studio “proactively” hired a crisis manager “due to the multiple demands and threats made by Ms. Lively during production." He also said Blake threatened to not appear on set and not promote the film “if her demands were not met.” Those demands were not specified in the statement, but Lively's complaint lists 30 demands that she said Justin and others agreed to after their tense sit-down over her hostile work environment concerns.